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Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Iranian-American composer Gity Razaz curates an evening of music honoring the mystical beauty of Persian culture and the power of women to shape history both past and present.

Koh Plays Mendelssohn

Pacific Symphony 615 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, United States

Grammy award-winning Jennifer Koh unites with young Chilean-Italian conductor Paolo Bortolameolli’s animated direction for a night of classical music that is sure to inspire and challenge the status quo.

Jan Lisiecki in Recital: “Preludes”

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Jan Lisiecki performs a program of preludes on the Jacobs Music Center stage, treating the audience to dozens of succinct, characterful works by Chopin, J. S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, Szymanowski and Messiaen.

Le Concert d’Astrée Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Baroque music champion Emmanuelle Haïm leads one of the foremost ensembles, Le Concert d’Astrée in music by two of the most pivotal composers of the era —Handel’s decorated Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day oratorio with soprano Erin Morley, Bach’s French-inspired suites, and works by Rameau.

Israel Philharmonic

Segerstrom Center for the Arts 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, United States

Lahav Shani leads a musical program of prayer, passion, and remembrance. The evening features IPO’s principal cellist Haran Meltzer performing Bruch’s Kol Nidrei and principal flutist Guy Eshed performing Bernstein’s Ḥalil.

Le Concert d’Astrée The Triumph of Time and Disillusion

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Baroque music champion Emmanuelle Haïm leads one of the foremost ensembles, Le Concert d’Astrée in Handel’s first of many oratorios, the operatic Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno or “The Triumph of Time and Disillusion.”

Untangling the Mind

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

The human brain is an electrical web of 100 trillion connections that has made everything possible, from campfires to lunar landers. Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez guides a journey through the most remarkable human organ to see what really makes us.

The Princess Bride in Concert

The Rady Shell at Jacob Parks 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA, United States

Now for the first time, composer Mark Knopfler’s unforgettable score has been specially arranged for San Diego Symphony Orchestra. Missing this cinematic concert experience would be inconceivable!  

Exodus

Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church 535 N Main Street, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Highlighting Pacific Chorale’s chamber choir in a double chorus, along with Baroque orchestra Bach Collegium San Diego, encounter Handel’s riveting and powerful biblical oratorio, Israel in Egypt.

Simone Porter & Blake Pouliot, violin

broadstage 1310 11TH STREET, Santa Monica, CA, United States

Three young virtuosos share the stage for an unforgettable evening of classical brilliance: pianist Hsin-I Huang with violinists Simone Porter and Blake Pouliot. The wide-ranging program includes a variety of works including the Eagles’ instantly recognizable tune, “Hotel California,” Korngold’s beautiful Suite from Much Ado About Nothing, and the Danse Russe from Stravinsky’s Petrushka.

From the Depths: Lu Leads Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony

Jacobs Music Center 1245 Seventh Avenue, San Diego, California

Conductor Tianyi Lu opens her concert with the self-standing first movement of Gareth Farr’s From the Depths Sound the Great Sea Gongs. The distinguished soloist will be the English pianist Paul Lewis. And the concert ends with one of the best loved of all Tchaikovsky’s works, his intensely dramatic Fourth Symphony.

Herbie Hancock

Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Creative Chair for Jazz and iconic American artist Herbie Hancock returns to the Walt Disney Concert Hall for one night of jazz and funk.

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